Coat



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COAT

Filed May 8, 1941 HERA HAM SILVE PSTE IN INVENTOR.

BY WWW AT T ORNEY Patented Sept. 16, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE COAT Abraham Silverstein, New York, N. Y.

Application May 8, 1941, Serial No. 392,414

2 Claims.

' lining and inner-lining secured at the rear waist region to an elastic strap thereby to form a normal lining gathering thereat, the said strap at the ends being secured to the overcoat,material to normally render the backof the overcoat loose fitting. In this manner, the coat ismade to fit snugly about the back of the wearer to prevent cold air from blowing up around the body to points above the waistline.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of an overcoat construction, which at all times, has a snug fit and accomplishes the purposes of a belt worn with the coat to give greater warmth and at the same time affords greater freedom of movement.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of an overcoat of the above nature wherein the extra cost of manufacture is negligible and wherein the general construction of the coat and general appearance are substantially the same.

These objects and other incidental ends an advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear in the progress of the disclosure and as pointed out in the appended claims.

Accompanying this specification, is a drawing showing a preferred form of the invention wherein corresponding reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front view of the inner side of a lady's overcoat showing the improvement thereon.

Figure 2 is a sectional view of Figure 1 along the plane 2-2 thereof.

In accordance with the invention and a preferred form shown, the overcoat generally designated by numeral I is provided with a lining including a rear central panel II and lateral panels l2 and I3 secured thereto along lines of stitching l4 and I5 respectively. Lining pieces IB and H proceed from the upper portions of the edges of the lateral panels I 2 and 13 to the arm openings l8 and I9 respectively, at which openings are coat sleeves 20 and 2!. An inner lining 22 is adapted to be secured to the lining portions I I, I2 and I3 in the conventional manner.

An elastic strip 23 is adapted to be secured across the rear panel I I of the liningand the inner-lining associated therewith by longitudinal lines of stitching 25 and 28 at the rear waist portion, the said elastic strip 23 being secured to said lining and inner-lining while in outstretched position. In addition, the ends of the elastic strip 23, while in outstretched position, are secured to the inner side of the overcoat material A as by stitches 24 and 25.- In this manner, the lining and inner lining of the rear panel II, when the elastic 23 is in normally released condition, assumes a plurality of gathers indicated by H and 22' while the rear of the overcoat adjacent the elastic strip 23 assumes a loose contour indicated at A.

When the overcoat above described is worn by the wearer, the rear portion is partly stretched,

thereby causing the lining and inner-lining in the rear to hug the rear of the wearer at the waist portion when the overcoat is closed or buttoned at the front, thereby efiectuating the purpose of a belt to prevent the free flow of air up the body of the wearer. At maximum stretching of the lining and inner lining, the fold A as shown in Figure 2, is diminished in size. However, at intermediate stretched positions, during normal wearing of the overcoat, fold A is slightly reduced in size by normal yieldability of the rear of the lining, but always renders a loose fitting effect.

I wish it understood that minor changes and variations in the material, construction, location and integration of parts of the, invention may all be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In an overcoat provided with a lining, an elastic strap extending across the back between the lining and the overcoat material at the region of the waistline of the overcoat, the said strap along its longitudinal edges being stitched while in a. partially outstretched position to the lining only to form a gathering therewith when in released and normal position and the strap along its transverse edges being stitched to the back of the coat material while in said partially outstretched position to form a loose portion therebetween when in released and normal position.

position and the strap along its transverse edges being stitchedto the back of the coat material while in said partially outstretched position to form a loose portion therebetween when in released and normal position. I

ABRAHAM SILVERS'I'EIN. 

